4m cannot open bonnet, 2.6m never had car serviced, 1.9m have misfueled

janninew

I admit to being hopeless when it comes to cars. But I've never misfueled (and I have a diesel estate and a petrol car!) I always book the services for the cars, they always seem to drive better after one and everything just feels tighter! I even know how to open the bonnet and I can go as far as filling the water reservoir up! They must have surveyed some pretty stupid people!

Hammyman

Lirin wrote: »

I honestly believe basic servicing should be part of the driving test,

It is. You are told to open the bonnet and demonstrate where the various bits are to check fluid levels and top up.

Lirin

Thanks Hammy! Wasn't on my test, but that's a while ago now.

pelirocco

I have mis fueled , but in my defense it was only a little bit and Sainsburys had changed the colour of the hoses lol

ScoobySnacks79_2

My Jeep diesel would get a couple of litres of petrol in it occasionally, it ran perfectly on it, and it helped to keep injectors clean. I used to live opposite a garage, and the diesel pump had an audible warning, a recording along the lines of "hey !!!!wit, this is a diesel pump, are you SURE your car takes diesel?" Even with that people still managed to pick up the nozzle and put diesel in their petrol tanks.

Without stereotyping, it was mostly women who did it, though the odd bloke did too.

anotherbaldrick

A couple of cars ago I bought a Merc. On picking it up I asked the salesbod about things under the bonnet as he had not mentioned them , he said " There is nothing under there you need to know about Sir " I asked what about the oil level ? He replied there is no dipstick under the bonnet , if you need oil an oilcan symbol will appear on the dash and you bring the car into us ! Similarly the screenwash and all the other fluids.

My first car needed servicing according to the schedule every 6000 miles and this entailed going under with the grease gun to 16 nipples on the transmission and suspension.

How times have changed , mind you I did not buy another merc.

Lirin

IN Uni, there was a girl on my course (in Ireland, so six years driving before test on your own), who didn't use her wipers as her eyes kept following them. She would stop the car in the middle of whatever road she was driving down, and wipe the screen with a sponge! Her dad would switch the lights on for her, and she'd drive around on full beam all the time, as she kept taking her eyes off the road to look for the switch. Didn't know where anything was on the car- largely ignored the dash, tbh.

She was a truly atrocious driver. Ambulance came up behind us one night on a narrow road, all lights and siren going. She panicked, and stopped dead in the middle of the road. Not helpful to the ambulance, as I had to move the car. There's lots more, but her driving was that shocking, you'd all think I made it up.

Do hope she isn't driving now- more of a liability on the road.